Microsoft published the .NET Core framework, which is a fully open source and cross-platform solution; ASP.NET Core started getting a lot of traction as well. This framework was built from the ground up and its architecture is all about the so-called middleware and request pipeline, which makes it both very powerful and easy to use.

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